19 how much more those who dwell in houses of (A)clay,
    whose foundation is in (B)the dust,
    who are crushed like[a] (C)the moth.
20 Between (D)morning and evening they are beaten to pieces;
    they perish forever (E)without anyone regarding it.
21 Is not their tent-cord plucked up within them,
    (F)do they not die, and that without wisdom?’

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Footnotes

  1. Job 4:19 Or before

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